quercus bicolor

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   large deciduous oak of the eastern United States with a flaky bark and leaves that have fewer lobes than other white oaks; yields heavy strong wood used in construction; thrives in wet soil

   Synonymsswamp white oakswamp oak

   Broaderwhite oak

Questions about quercus bicolor

What does quercus bicolor mean?

quercus bicolor means "large deciduous oak of the eastern United States with a flaky bark and leaves that have fewer lobes than other white oaks; yields heavy strong wood used in construction; thrives in wet soil".

What is another word for quercus bicolor?

Close synonyms include swamp white oak, swamp oak. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is quercus bicolor a common word?

quercus bicolor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.